Compassion Games International (CGI) is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Service For Peace (SFP) and the Corporation for National and Community Service to Catalyze Unprecedented Compassionate Action in Honor of 9/11.
PRLog - July 23, 2015 - SEATTLE -- Compassion Games International (CGI) is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Service For Peace (SFP) with the support of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). CNCS is responsible for the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. SFP is one of CNCS’s five lead agencies that support the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.
The 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance was created to provide a positive way to forever remember and pay tribute to the 9/11 victims, honor those that rose in service in response to the attacks, and remind people of the importance of working together to make the world a safer, kinder, and better place to live.
Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest offers fun and creative ways to ignite and catalyze compassionate action in communities around the world. The Games amplify what is already working in our local communities, and inspires new ways to care for ourselves, each other, and the Earth. Here is a two minute video introducing The Gameshttps://youtu.be/8Oq7VZCMefE
Compassion Games has been awarded a $30,000 sub-grant from Service for Peace to support local communities forming teams to play in the 2015 Annual Compassion Games, taking place from September 11 - September 21, 2015. For more information about the Annual Global Games, visit http://compassiongames.org/the-annual-games/
CGI is forming two new “leagues” for First Responders and Military Families, to support their participation in this years Annual Games. The other Leagues include Education, Interfaith, Business, Health Care/Well-being, Women/Girls, Family, Youth, Restorative Justice, Arts/Culture and Cities/Places.
Starting today, both existing and new CGI teams can apply for $500.00 to $1500.00 challenge grants to help underwrite the costs of participating in the 2015 Compassion Games. Applications are due by August 21, 2015. Teams applying for the grant will plan to:
* Produce a Compassion Games opening ceremonies launch event on Friday, September 11;
* Organize service projects that include first responders and military families;
* Participate in the 9/11 National Food Drive to collect non-perishable food items that are donated to local food banks and National Guard Armories, Military Bases, and Veteran Organizations.
In the Compassion Games, competition becomes coopetition as we challenge one another to strive together to make our planet a better place to live. Teams report their acts of service and kindness on the Compassion Report Map to elevate the impact of their compassionate actions, results produced, and personal reflections on the service experience. In 2014, 159 teams played in the Annual Compassion Games which included the California Institution for Women’s prison who will be playing in their 3rd consecutive year.
Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest is a non-profit that inspires compassionate action through a win-win challenge to lift kindness and altruism in our community and world. Playing the Compassion Games can activate compassion in communities, classrooms, organizations, businesses as well as individuals. http://www.compassiongames.org
Service for Peace is a non-profit that involves volunteers in ongoing community development programs designed to further the growth of individuals and communities through the shared experience of voluntary service. http://www.serviceforpeace.org/
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that helps more than 5 million Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service. http://www.nationalservice.gov/
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Compassion Games Partners w/ Service for Peace to Catalyze Unprecedented Compassionate Action in Honor of 9/11
July 23, 2015 at 19:58 PM EDT
